Claude Curtin

Claude Curtin

Personal information
Birth	4 July 1920
Recruited from	Fitzroy CYMS
Height and weight	183 cm / 83 kg
Death	December 1994,
Playing career¹
Team(s)	Fitzroy (1939–1942, 1944, 1946–1947, 1949) 93 games, 269 goals North Melbourne (1948) 4 games, 7 goals Total – 97 Games, 276 Goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1949 season

Claude Curtin (4 July 1920 – December 1994)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL.

A full-forward, Curtin was the nephew of former Australian Prime Minister John Curtin.^[2] He kicked over fifty goals in a season on four separate occasions, from 1940 to 1942 and in 1946. In each of those seasons he topped Fitzroy's goalkicking. He would have been a member of the club's 1944 premiership side had he not be away on war service.

References

1. ^ Gray, Darren (18 December 1994). "(For the Record)". The Age: p. 16. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=age&kw=claude+curtin&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=0&clsPage=1&docID=news941218_0103_2050. Retrieved 24 January 2011. 
2. ^ Skulley, Mark (6 February 1992). "TRUE-BLUE PARTY FAITHFUL AWAIT HAWKE SUCCESSOR". The Sydney Morning Herald: p. 6. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=age&kw=claude+curtin&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=0&clsPage=1&docID=news920206_0166_3521. Retrieved 24 January 2011. 

External links

• Claude Curtin's statistics from AFL Tables
• Maroon and Blue article

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Name	Curtin, Claude
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Date of birth	4 July 1920
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